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GA pilot of piper dakota lands long on grass at cev. Attempts go around at 4 ft AGL in 7 ft of corn. Aircraft damaged.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 450917 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199910 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| State Reference | IN |
| Altitude | agl single value : 4 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : lub.tower |
| Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee/Archer II/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | landing : go around |
| Route In Use | approach : visual approach : traffic pattern |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 7 flight time total : 300 flight time type : 45 |
| ASRS Report | 450917 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | excursion : runway non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
2200 ft grass strip, surface short grass, very dry. Touchdown 1/3 down field, south into southeast wind. Tall trees north of field. Full flaps. Braking inadequate due to surface of field. Attempted missed approach, 4 ft off ground into 7 ft of corn. Could have lowered touchdown speed by 5 KTS. No fire, no injuries. Damage: moderate damage to leading edge. Gear intact. Propeller: no obvious damage. Condition of engine unknown prior to mechanic inspection.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: GA PLT OF PIPER DAKOTA LANDS LONG ON GRASS AT CEV. ATTEMPTS GAR AT 4 FT AGL IN 7 FT OF CORN. ACFT DAMAGED.
Narrative: 2200 FT GRASS STRIP, SURFACE SHORT GRASS, VERY DRY. TOUCHDOWN 1/3 DOWN FIELD, S INTO SE WIND. TALL TREES N OF FIELD. FULL FLAPS. BRAKING INADEQUATE DUE TO SURFACE OF FIELD. ATTEMPTED MISSED APCH, 4 FT OFF GND INTO 7 FT OF CORN. COULD HAVE LOWERED TOUCHDOWN SPD BY 5 KTS. NO FIRE, NO INJURIES. DAMAGE: MODERATE DAMAGE TO LEADING EDGE. GEAR INTACT. PROP: NO OBVIOUS DAMAGE. CONDITION OF ENG UNKNOWN PRIOR TO MECH INSPECTION.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.